Note: This article was originally written as a three part series. Reproduced below is the entire article. We’ve all heard stories about over-qualified university grads working at Starbucks and Home Depot for minimum wage. Today’s youth unemployment hovers at 13.4 per cent (nearly double the overall national level), along with student debts rising 44 percent […]
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Milton Kiang
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December 9th, 2014
Is a Bachelor’s Degree Still Worth It (Part 2 of 3)
Read Entire Article Diana Sorensen, the dean of arts and humanities at Harvard University, recently penned a letter for Harvard’s Humanities Project to promote studies in the liberal arts. The public letter states: “Study within humanistic disciplines hones precisely the skills needed to navigate a world marked by rapid change, increasing interdependence, transformative technologies and […]
Read MoreNovember 25th, 2014
Is a Bachelor’s Degree Still Worth It? (Part 1 of 3)
Note: This is the first in a three-part series. Read the entire article here. We’ve all heard stories about over-qualified university grads working at Starbucks and Home Depot for minimum wage. Today’s youth unemployment hovers at 13.4 per cent (nearly double the overall national level), along with student debts rising 44 percent from 1999 to […]
Read MoreSeptember 11th, 2014
How To Use a Recruiter to Find a Job (Part 2 of 3)
In my earlier blog, I explored the first rule of using a recruiter to find a job: Rule 1: When can I use a recruiter to find a job? In this blog, I will discuss the second rule: Rule 2: Are my chances better if I apply to a job recruiter’s ad, or if I […]
Read MoreSeptember 4th, 2014
How To Use A Recruiter To Find A Job (Part 1 of 3)
From time to time, you may see a classified job ad that states, “We have a client in the global financial services sector looking to hire a private banking manager [or sales consultant, marketing director, IT manager, etc.]” This is an ad from a recruitment or headhunting agency. Most job applicants don’t know how recruitment […]
Read MoreJuly 29th, 2014
How To Say “No” In a Job Interview
During a job interview, it is important to create an atmosphere of positivity and to avoid saying things that are negative. Due to human nature, we don’t like to hear negative things or to hear the word “No”. The Japanese, who are obsessed with maintaining social harmony, are known to never utter the word “No” […]
Read MoreJuly 2nd, 2014
The Zen of Networking: 10 Rules To Follow
Whenever you think of someone who’s a “consummate networker”, you conjure up an image of a person who has a busy social calendar, someone who’s popular at cocktail functions and knows how to work a room. That might be one definition of good networker. Another definition is someone who is a “go-to person” whenever you […]
Read MoreMay 26th, 2014
The Do’s & Don’ts of Resume Formatting
Clients often ask me how a resume should be formatted. (Note: this question doesn’t relate to resume types (e.g. chronological, functional, combination resumes), a subject which I will cover in a future blog post.) The question relates to how a resume should be laid out from a visual, style and design standpoint. In other words, […]
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